Silo construction.



W. L. BELTZ. SILO CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED MAR. II, 1914.

' Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

\ Each of said rods 5 may be either continu- WILLIAM LAWRENCE BEL'IZ, 0F MOWBYSTOWN, OHIO.

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To all whom it may concern: Be it known that 1, WILLIAM LAWRENCE BEL'rz, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Mowrystown,

ed a new and useful Improvement in Silo Construction, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,

10 forming apart of this specification.

invention relates to a new form of' M silo Zonstruction, and has for its object the provision of simple and efficient means for the reinforcing of a silo constructed of tiles, the same being coupled with a simple and strong form of door jambs which provide a suitable anchorage for the reinforcing members. v

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of the silo constructed in accordance with my invention, parts being broken away to show the inner construction. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the jamb construction, together with the means for an choring the reinforcing members. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken between courses of the tiles. Fig. 4 is a perspective of the jamb construction. Fig. 5 is a perspective vof one of the hollow tiles used in constructing my new silo. I

The numeral 1 indicates one of the tiles 'used in my new construction in the form in which the tile is used in the construction of the door jamb. These tiles are preferably salt glazed tile and are slightlycurved so as to form symmetrically the cylindrical construction of the completed silo. The end of the tile adjacent to the door jamb is cut out as shown at 2 in Fig. 5, for the pur-v pose hereinafter set forth. The other tiles used in the construction of the silo are similar to the tiles 1, with the. exception that they are not cut out as shown at 2. Across the base 3 of the silo wall, underneath the door, I have placed a plate 1, which is slightly longer than the width of said door. Secured to said plate near each end thereof so that each may extend upwardly through cut away portions 2 of the tiles 1. are rods 5, one being on each side of the doorway.

ous to the top of the silo or may be in sections suitably jointed together. Forming the jambs of said continuous door are channel plates 6 the parallel members of which extend overthe edges of the tiles 1, fitting Specification of Letters Patent.

in. the county' 5 of Highland and State of Ohio, have invent SILO CONSTRUCTION.

Patented Apr. 56, 1915.

Application filed March 11, 1914. Serial No. 823 901.

snugly against the same so that the channel plates are secured'against lateral movement thereby. To secure the channel plates in said position, I provide angle plates 8 the horizontal member of each of said plates being perforated to fit upon the rod 5 and the vertical member being also perforated to receive one end of a bar '9, which extends across the doorway and engages the channel plate and a corresponding angle plate on the opposite side thereof. .The bars 9 are threaded at both ends to" receive nuts 10 and 11 which are adapted to lock together the channel and angle plates'and to secure the'bars thereto. The bars 9 are spaced at suitable intervals the entire height of the doorway, preferably about 2-,- feet apart. Secured to one of the rods 5, between each course of tiles, are two heavy wires, or cables, 12, which pass entirely around the silo, being embedded in the mortar between courses, and are attached to the rod 5 on the opposite side of the doorway. Battens 13 are secured to the door sections 14 so that said sections may be properly secured between the door jambs.

The openings 2 in the tiles 1 during the construction of the silo are filled with mortar, thus embedding the rods 5., angle plates 10, and connected parts.

From the foregoing description the nature of my new silo construction will be apparent to those skilled in the art. The use of channel iron as jambs for the continuous doorway afi'ords a peculiarly strong and practical construction which is readily adapted by means of the angle plates 8 and the'rods '5 to serve as suitable anchorage forplates adapted to form continuous door jambs for. said wall, rods inside said wall. adjacent said door jambs, said rods extending in substantially continuous parallel re- 110 lation with said. jambs, means secured to said rods, and passing circumferentially v invention 2 i 1,1s4,e ae' around said I wall between the courses of my hand in the presence of two Witnesses, said tiles to reinforce said Wall, bars extendat Cincinnati, Ohio, this 6 day of March;-

ing between said channel plates across the l 1 doorway of said Well, and angle plates at- WILLIAM LAWRENCE BELTZ. 5 tache'd to said rods. and the ends of said Witnesses:

bars to secure the same together. ELIZABETH FOWLER, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ARTHUR H. EWALD.

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